Laying the groundwork: Work underway on Taunton City Hall construction project

Charles Winokoor Taunton Gazette Staff Reporter @cwinokoor

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Mar 1, 2019 at 5:56 PM

TAUNTON — This past week construction and asbestos abatement workers were on scene doing preliminary work on a renovation and new-construction project to restore and modernize the City Hall building downtown at 15 Summer St.

Taunton officials recently held a groundbreaking ceremony to kick off the $27 million project.

The historic building has been closed since an arsonist set fire to the fourth-floor attic in August 2010.

The original rear section of the structure has already been demolished to make room for an addition that will be compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

A separate building will also be built next to the front section of City Hall that faces Church Green.

City Hall is expected to reopen by September 2020, according to CGA Project Management LLC of Fall River.

The city is paying J&J Contractors of Billerica $21.5 million to handle the construction.

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